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Political Storm: Controversy Over Remarks on Biju Patnaik
BJD leaders condemned BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's claim linking Biju Patnaik to the CIA, prompting a Rajya Sabha walkout and calls for Dubey to seek mental health support.
- On Monday, Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik criticized BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for making "outrageous" remarks about former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik, prompting the BJD to stage a walkout from the Rajya Sabha.
- The controversy stems from comments Dubey made on March 27, when he claimed Biju Patnaik acted as a "link" between former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the CIA during the 1960s Sino-Indian War.
- Recalling his childhood during the 1962 Indo-China war, Naveen Patnaik said that as a 13-year-old he remembered his father's fury at the Chinese attack and that Nehru had placed an office next to Biju's in Delhi to coordinate tactics.
- In protest, Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra resigned from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and IT on Sunday, citing "disrespectful remarks" as the reason for his departure from the panel.
- Dubey later clarified his comments targeted the Nehru-Gandhi family, while BJP leader Baijayant Panda defended Biju Patnaik as "one of the greatest patriots of modern Bharat," calling such attacks "unworthy, uninformed and totally unacceptable.
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The Economic TimesBJD stages walkout from Rajya Sabha over BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s remarks on Biju Patnaik
BJD members staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha. They protested against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's remarks. Dubey called Biju Patnaik a CIA agent. BJD leader Sasmit Patra called the statements false and concocted. Naveen Patnaik suggested the MP needs psychiatric help. He recalled Biju Patnaik's role during the Chinese conflict.
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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey Criticised Within and Outside His Party For Remarks About Biju Patnaik
While the BJD walked out of the Rajya Sabha in protest, Naveen Patnaik said Dubey needs ‘mental doctor’s attention’. BJP MP Baijayant Panda, without naming his colleague, said casting aspersions on Patnaik’s patriotism was ‘fantastical and patently ludicrous’.
·New Delhi, India
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